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CHARLES J'. MILLER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

PACKAGE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

Application led April 23, 1904, Serial No. 204,564. Renewed May 2, 1905. Serial No. 258,504.

'To all whom it may concern:

va carrier having a receptacle of the low down type or one which can be easily and quickly det-ached and swung at either end for convenience 1n insert-mg or removing the package.

A further object is to provide a receptacle which can be entirely detached from the hangers if desired.

A further object is to provide a carrier wherein all spring devices are dispensed with and all parts are strong and substantial and of extremely simple construction and not likely to get out of order or be easily broken.

The invention consists generally in a package carrier having hangers and a basket or receptacle hinged at each end of said hangers.

Further, the invention consists in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims'.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a package carrier embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. F ig. 8 is a detail of the hangers, the pivots on which the basket turns, being shown in section. Fig. l is a vertical section through one of the hangers, showing the pivots on which the basket turns. Fig. 5 is a detail of one of the sockets in which the pivots of the basket are supported.

In the drawing, 2 represents the line wire or way and 3 hangers connected by a rod l and provided with carrying wheels 5. The rod Ll projects beyond t-he hangers at each end of the carrier and is provided with pins 6 that engage the friction arms at the carrier station.

The hangers are provided Awith depending forks 7, the ends 8 of which have recesses 9 in their outside surfaces that are adapted to receive pivot pins 10 adjustably mounted in brackets 11 on the ends of the basket 12. I prefer to provide threaded pins fitting "lifted, the pins at that end can be slipped out of the recesses 'and the basket allowed to swing down on the pins at the other end. The pins have sufficient play in the recesses to allow either end of the basket to be elevated and moved lengthwise sufficiently for the pivot pins at one end to clear the lugs and be slipped out of the recesses. This construction provides for a double hinge at each end of the basket or one at each end on each side of the way. Consequently the basket is held against lateral oscillation while in motion and when detached from its support at one end and swung down on its hinges at the other end is prevented from rotating and from swaying from side to side.

With this device either end of the basket can be lowered according to its position over the counter or wherever it is being filled or emptied, and when necessary or desirable the basket can be entirely detached from the hangers.

The basket is suspended within convenient reach of the clerk or operator and is therefore of the type known as a lowdown basket.

The basket 12 is of ordinary construction, preferably provided with handles 16 for convenience of manipulation.

The position of the lugs at the inner ends of the recesses will prevent the pivot pins jumping out when the basket is stopped suddenly, and should the pins jump up into the throat or passage leading from the recesses they will drop back again into their normal position in front of the lugs.

The basket is usually detached from the hangers by raising one end and moving it horizontally until the pivots at that end clear the lugs, then by sliding the basket in the other direction and raising the other end, the pins at that end will be released from the recesses and the basket removed entirely from the carrier.

To support the basket when it is in its inclined suspended position, I prefer to provide a cross-arm 17 mounted on the rod 4, preferably at a point midway between the hangers. Chains 18 connect this cross-arm with the middle of the basket on each side, sufiicient length being provided to allow the basket to swing down to a position Vwhere it can be conveniently filled or emptied. The cross-arm supports the chain a sulicient distance from the space over the basket to allow the packages to be easily inserted or removed.

I claim as my invention:

l. The combination, with a carrier having hangers provided with recesses, of a basket having pivot pins loosely fitting within said recesses, the pivots at one end serving as a hinge on which the basket turns when the basket is detached and swung down from the other end.

2. The combination, with a package earrier having hangers provi-ded with recesses and lugs partially closing the entrance thereto, of a package receptacle, and pivot pins provided on said receptacle and tting within said recesses.

3. The combination, with a package carrier having forked hangers provided with recesses closed at one end and open at the other and lugs partially closing the open ends of said recesses, of a basket, and pivot pins mounted thereon and tting loosely within said recesses and normally held therein by said lugs, substantially as described.

4L. The combination, with a carrier having hangers, of a basket having laterally extending pivot pins loosely mounted on said hangers, the pivots at one end serving as a hinge on which the basket turns when it detached and swung down from the other end.

5. The combination, with a carrier having hangers, of a basket having laterally eX- tending longitudinally adjustable pivot pins loosely supported in said hangers, and pivots at one end serving as a hinge on which the basket turns when it is detached and swung down from the other end.

6. The combination, with a package carrier having hangers provided with recesses closed at one end and open at the other, of a receptacle, pivo-t pins mounted thereon and fitting loosely within said recesses and forming hinges on which the basket is swung at either end and said pivot being movable lengthwise of said recesses to allow the successive detachment of each end of the basket, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with a carrier, of a package receptacle supported at each end on said carrier, either end of'said receptacle being detachable from its end of said carrier by moving the receptacle lengthwise in its supports.

8. The combination, with a carrier, of a package receptacle Supported at each end on said carrier, either end of said receptacle being detachable from said carrier by raising Y that end and moving the receptacle lengthwise on its supports. 4

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of April 190i.

CHARLES J. WILLER.

In presence of- RIGHARD PAUL, M. HAGERTY. 

